T cell responses to recombinant isoforms, synthetic peptides and a mutant variant of Lep d 2, a major allergen from the dust mite Lepidoglyphus destructor

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1881-1890

  Eriksson, T L J ^a   Gafvelin, G ^a   Elfman, L H M ^a   Johansson, C ^a   Van Hage Hamsten, M ^a   Olsson, S ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Isoforms; Lep d 2; Lepidoglyphus destructor; Mite; Mutant allergen; Peptides; Recombinant allergen; T cells

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; ISOPROTEIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DUST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MITE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MIDDLE AGED; MITES; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SWEDEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0035660271     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2001.01242.x     Document Type: Article

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